Election Name: | 1999 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election |
Country: | East Sussex |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1996 |
Next Election: | 2003 Brighton and Hove City Council election |
Next Year: | 2003 |
Seats For Election: | All 78 seats to Brighton and Hove Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 40 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 54 seats, 51.0% |
Seats1: | 45 |
Seat Change1: | 9 |
Popular Vote1: | 91,796 |
Percentage1: | 45.8% |
Swing1: | 5.2% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 22 seats, 35.5% |
Seats2: | 27 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 75,049 |
Percentage2: | 37.4% |
Swing2: | 1.9% |
Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Last Election4: | 1 seat, 4.1% |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 2 |
Popular Vote4: | 22,084 |
Percentage4: | 11.0% |
Swing4: | 6.9% |
Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election5: | 0 seats, 7.8% |
Seats5: | 3 |
Seat Change5: | 3 |
Popular Vote5: | 10,499 |
Percentage5: | 5.2% |
Swing5: | 2.6% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 1999 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election was held on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Brighton and Hove Borough Council in East Sussex, England.
Labour retained control of the council.
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A sitting councillor for this ward defected from Labour to the Scottish National Party prior to the election.[1]